"news4 today." i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrest. we begin, though, with a traffic alert on a major commuter route this morning. a water main break could cause big-time delays on wisconsin avenue. news4 has more live on that. tony? >> reporter: hey, good morning. it is going to be an absolute mess for drivers coming down 355 right by dorsett avenue. take a look behind me. you see workers trying to fix that water main break. i actually just looked at it. and i actually was able to see the crack. the workers are now going to be able to assess how they're going to fix it. the reason for the delay, they had to wait for the utility company yesterday and had to get through an initial amount of concrete. it broke yesterday around 6:00 p.m. they got the water shut off at quarter to 9:00. they had to wait for the utility company to clear some of the gas lines that were in the area. i got to tell you, this is going to be an absolute nightmare for anybody coming southbound on 355 into specific and into the district. right now, they have two

southbound lanes closed. traffic will only be getting by in one lane. and i talked to some of the workers and got an update. they said this repair is going to go on well into the afternoon. if you are headed down 355 on into wisconsin and on into the district this morning, they want to plan an alternate route or plan on some massive, massive backups. now for more on traffic, we're going to send it to alexis davies in for danella. >> reporter: thank you, tony. that's right. major delays there, two southbound lanes closed on wisconsin avenue between cumberland avenue and dorsett avenue. going to be there a while. make sure you give yourself extra time as you travel down wisconsin this morning. also, another accident, 16th street at east/west highway. involving an overturned suv, all of the lanes are blocked now. we're still getting information on direction there. do be cautious as you approach 16th street at east/west highway. here's a live look at the video. police are on the scene. the car is still on its side. so use caution as you approach.

elsewhere, anybody northbound in the hov lane, mile marker 165, an accident blocking the left lane. be careful as you travel northbound on 95. eun? >> thank you. it is the kind of morning you will want to let the car warm up a bit. temperature in the 20s across our area. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein now with the forecast. good morning. going to want to wear your holiday sweater and a puffy coated over that. it is our coldest morning of the season so far in much of the region. we've got a lot of cloudiness, but the cloud cover is beginning to break up to our west. we're going to have increasing sunshine as the day progresses, as these clouds are heading to the east. right now, it is just in the mid to upper 20s, fairfax, arlington. low 20s in montgomery. and mid to upper 20s in prince george's county. much of southern maryland. now the rest of virginia, shenandoah valley's only near 20 degrees. panhandle of west virginia, near 20. and near 20 frederick, washington county into western maryland, highlands in west virginia, only in the teens on this cold thursday morning. third day of january.

by 7:00 a.m., the mid to upper 20s, around the metro area, still colder than that in the rural areas. by noontime, mid 30s much of the region. and by mid-afternoon, ought to hit upper 30s near 40 in the metro area, elsewhere in the 30s the rest of the day with a light wind. sunrise, 7:27. the sunset at 4:59. i'm back in ten minutes with the hometown forecast. eun? >> thank you. 6:03. this morning we're waiting word if a body found in adams-morgan is a man who vanished nearby on new year's eve. police found the body last night on biltmore street, just a block from where michael poe was last seen. news4's megan mcgrath is live in adams-morgan with more. good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning. family and friends of michael poe have been handing out these flyers with his picture trying to get information on what happened to him. it's important to mention here that police have not released the name of the person who was found dead here at the apartment building on biltmore street. they are certainly looking into the possibility that it could be 23-year-old michael poe of

poolesville. now the body was found at the bottom of lighted shaft inside this apartment building behind me. there is a rooftop patio. neighbors tell news4 that people were celebrating on the roof new year's eve. michael poe was last seen on new year's eve. he came to adams-morgan with a group of about 20 friends. they all parted ways at around 12:30 at shenanigans bar. now poe did speak to a friend by cell phone at around 2:30 in the morning. that was the last time that anyone heard from him. friends and family have been handing out flyers, they canvassed the area yesterday looking for information on exactly what may have happened to him. the apartment building is about a block from the bar where he was last seen. again, no information about the name of the person who was found here dead in that light shaft on biltmore street. certainly they are looking into the possibility that there's a connection between that discovery and the disappearance of michael poe. still an active investigation.

we are expecting police to return here to the scene this morning in the light to take a closer look at the shaft, gather evidence and, again, try to piece together what happened and who was found dead here early this morning. reporting live from adams-morgan, megan mcgrath, news4. back to you. >> thank you. breaking news now. pakistani intelligence leaders say two u.s. drone strikes killed at least 13 people including senior taliban commander nuruvi nazier. it happened near the afghanistan/pakistan border. the senior commander was among nine people killed in a missile strike on a house. he was responsible for several attacks against u.s. troops in afghanistan. however, he had a truce with the pakistani military. it is hard to independently verify his death at this point. the u.s. rarely comments on its secretive drone program. five minutes after the hour now. new this morning, president obama signed the deal to limit the damage caused by going off the fiscal cliff. he signed it overnight in hawaii where he resumed his winter vacation. the measure prevents taxes from

going up for 98% of americans. it also extends long-term unemployment benefits for millions of people who are out of work. spending cuts which were supposed to take effect have been deferred, though, for two months. the legislation could save some metro riders hundreds of dollars a year. riders who put aside pretax income to pay for their commute can now put aside $240 a month. that cap was reduced to $125 a month last year. metro says the lower tax benefit might have been a factor in its decision in ridership from july to october of last year. later this morning, faces new and old make their way to capitol hill for the start of the 113th congress. you're looking live at the capitol now. returning lawmakers and more than 90 new members elected in november officially convene at noon with swearing-in ceremonies happening throughout the day. shortly after lawmakers gather, the house will vote on the speaker for the next two-year session. john boehner is expected to be re-elected to the position

despite some criticism from his own party during the fiscal cliff negotiations. one of the first orders of business for the house will be a vote on a bill to provide aid to the victims of superstorm sandy. speaker boehner is scheduled to vote for tomorrow after being blasted for postponing the aid package until the new congress takes office. the house will vote to approve $9 billion for the national flood insurance program. there will be a vote on another $51 billion later this month. the senate will also have to approve the legislation. 6:07 the time. a case of parking lot rage caught on camera. a teen bumped by an suv. wait until you hear who's behind the wheel. plus, an icy cold morning and a big trouble spot on the roads.

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you could soon be watching tv in a whole new way. samsung is planning to unveil what it calls a revolutionary new flat-screen tv at the consumer electronics show next week. nobody is sure, though, what the revolution is here -- this print ad appears to show a vertical tv. but a teaser video which shows other tvs flocking to see the new samsung has the tv in the normal widescreen shape. there's also speculation that the screen could be transparent when off, almost like a picture frame hanging on the wall. so that could be interesting. >> yeah. >> i guess maybe you can flip it vertically. i don't know why you'd want -- so you can use it as a frame instead of a tv. you could flip it vertically and have something behind it on the wall and it would be a frame. just buy a tv. >> 6:11. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. tom? i'm standing vertically now. good morning.

as you step outside, you'll be frozen solid in place. it is a cold morning all around the region. we have temperatures that are down into the 20s to teens in many locations. sky beginning to clear out in the mountains, we're going to have the sunshine increasing as we get through the morning hours into the afternoon. but it is cold. much of west virginia and western maryland, only in the mid teens now, closer to washington, just in the 20s. hometown forecast, burke in fairfax county by 8:00 a.m., upper 20s. and by noontime, only the mid 30s. here's the entire regional forecast. into the upper 30s near 40 much of the area with a sunny afternoon. a light wind. i'm back with your seven-day outlook in ten minutes. alexis davies with our traffic now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom. we are still dealing with that water main break southbound wisconsin avenue, two southbound lanes closed between cumberland avenue and dorsett avenue. shee here is a live look as crews try and repair the water main break. elsewhere on the roadways, we have an accident northbound 16th street at east/west highway

involving an overturned suv and a pole that is down. it's blocking the right lane. back to you. >> thank you. you could line it up with the hallway and look down like you're looking down the hallway through the tv monitor -- >> what if you ran into it, though? you wouldn't do. that sounds like a hazard at this rate. 6:13. we'll continue to talk about this. 32 degrees. ahead, what rg3 did to his head coach that left him at a loss for words. plus, plans for a famous baseball field. and next, a pop star pushing for laws to change.

justin bieber is calling for a crackdown on paparazzi after a photographer was killed trying to shoot pictures of the pop star's car. this accident happened tuesday night. los angeles police say he was hit by a car shortly after taking pictures of bieber's white ferrari on the side of the road. bieber was not in the car or in the area at that time. the pop star released a statement saying he hope the tragedy will lead to a new law that will protect the lives of celebrities as well as photographers. a parking war in a walmart parking lot now has a georgia

school board member facing charges. security cameras caught her suv hitting a 17-year-old girl. the two were both after the same parking space. the teen tried to stand in the spot to save it for a friend who recently had a baby. she motioned the suv to stop, but the driver kept on going and bumped the teen. the girl was not hurt. the driver is the vice chair of the local school board there. police charged her with reckless conduct. this morning, we're learning some of the harrowing details of what led a drilling ship to run aground on a remote island in alaska. this rig called "the calluk" dragged two ships which were trying to control it more than ten miles toward a rocky shore. the ship's crews finally cut the ship loose to save themselves. that rig is now stable. the coast guard says it has not found any signs that it's leaking fuel. secretary of state hillary clinton is out of the hospital this morning after spending four days there for treatment for a blood clot. clinton was seen smiling inside a van as it pulled away from the

new york presbyterian hospital last night. doctors believe the blood clot developed after clinton fainted and hit her head in december. she's expected to make a full recovery. this morning, groups are raising questions over venezuelan president chavez and if he's healthy enough to stay in office. last month he had a fourth surgery for cancer and has not been seen in public since. opposition leaders are demand ing a new election. officials say his condition is delicate. melissa mollet live with breaking news. just learned the head of criminal investigations in libya has been kidnapped at gunpoint. he was captured while traveling from his farm to work. it's believed hardline islamists are behind the kidnapping. the police chief has been abducted beforement at the live desk, melissa mollet, news4. today a community will pay its respects to a fallen prince

william county police officer. a wake for officer chris young will be held from 6:00 to 9:00 tonight at the hilton memorial chapel in woodbridge. his funeral is set for tomorrow at 10:00. young died monday afternoon when he collided with a minivan while responding to a call on his micro. he is survived by a wife and -- motorcycle. he is survived by a wife and three children. the virginia supreme court reversed a judge's ruling on negative online reviews. the highest court threw out the injunction issued in fairfax county's circuit court last month. deetz development is suing jane perez over comments she posted on yelp and angie's list. she claims the contractor stole items from her home and did subpar work. the contractor claims the reviews are false, and they cost him business. it appears that robert griffin iii has a backup plan if this whole quarterback thing doesn't work out. he apparently will make an excellent reporter. >> coach? we just wanted to know -- [ laughter ] >> you got my by surprise here.

who is this guy? >> what did you do for new year' year's? >> tried to put a good game plan together. i wasn't sure how healthy you were. it was hard without calling me. >> coach threw it back at him. that was rg3 asking the questions, catching head coach shanahan offguard during his news conference yesterday. as for his knee, griffin says he feels better every day. the field of dreams will live on. an investment group has bought the iowa farmland made famous by the kevin costner movie of the same name. they plan on transforming the 200 acres into a sprawling sports complex that will include 24 baseball diamonds and 60 clubhouses. the group bought the land for $3.4 million and received the blessing of costner who calls the field his favorite place on earth. the first phase of the project should be done by the spring of 2014. >> cool. i loved that movie. did you see it? >> i haven't seen it.

>> it's very good. >> i believe you. kevin costner's a good actor. 6:21. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. >> wish it was springtime. >> far from it this morning. the coldest morning so far this season in much of the region. in the mountains, only in the teens. the sky cleared out. now the cloud cover breaking up across northern virginia, much of maryland. still mostly cloudy around the bay. southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore. temperatures there are in the upper 20s to near 30. closer to washington, it's just in the upper 20s to low to mid 20s around the beltway and our western/northern suburbs. farther north and west, 20 degrees, teens in west virginia. the four-day forecast, sunny today. this afternoon highs reaching 40 degrees. tomorrow morning, 20s again under a clear sky. sunny friday afternoon. highs low to mid 40s. more of the same on saturday. more clouds around late saturday into saturday evening. front comes through on sunday.

clouds, 40s, flurries. and good weather generally for the skins game. and then dry and cold start to next week. milder midweek. i'm back in ten minutes from the storm team 4 weather deck. now a look at traffic with alexis davies. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom. thank you. two southbound lanes are closed on wisconsin avenue this morning due to a water main break. those lanes are closed between cumberland avenue and dorsett avenue. it looks like it's going to be there for a while. give yourself extra time this morning. a serious accident now northbound 16th street at east/west highway involving an overturned suv. we've got a live look now from the camera overhead. they're pulling up the suv on to the poe truck, they're blocking -- the tow truck, they're blocking the westbound lanes of east/west highway. it looks like the southbound side of 16th street is still coming through. back to you, aaron, eun. >> thank you. 32 degrees. why nasa is getting into the landlord business. and it is never too early to learn. next, what mothers-to-be are being told to do while their children are still in the womb.

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right now children from sandy hook elementary school preparing for their first day back at school since the mass shooting. ahead, what's being done to make the return a bit easier. and not far from where friends and family were looking for a missing 23-year-old man, a body is found. what police are telling us this morning. good morning. welcome to "news4 today." i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm yang yang. it is 6:30 -- eun yang. t 6:30 in the morning. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. colder than we're used to this time of year, too. for some snow lovers, not a flake in sight. >> no. meteorologist tom kierein live with the forecast. tom? it is beginning to clear out. i can see a half moon in the southwestern sky. temperatures under this partly cloudy sky have plummeted all the way down to the low 20s in the nearby suburbs north and west of washington. you see the cloud cover beginning to break up to our west. the areas in lavender, teens,

much of western maryland into west virginia. look at that, elkins only 12 degrees. pittsburgh only nine above zero. reagan national at 30. but the nearby suburbs in prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties down into the 20s. right now look at gaithersburg. just 21. leesburg down to 23. and we are going to stay cold here for the next several hours. we're going to stay below freezing through about 8:00, 9:00 this morning. and then by noontime, ought to be into the mid 30s with a lot of sunshine. during the afternoon, briefly near 40 around the metro area. yeah, around the rest of the region, it's going to stay in the 30s throughout the rest of the day. sunrise, 7:27. the sunset at 4:59. i'm back in ten minutes with the hometown forecast, your first 4 traffic this morning with alexis davies. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom. we're dealing with a water main break that's causing significant delays here. two southbound lanes are blocked between disneyland and dorsett

avenue. we'll look -- between cumberland and dorsett avenue. we'll look here, authorities saying you cannot turn left from whisk to dorsett. they're recommending little falls parkway as the best tr alternate, elsewhere, 16th at east/west highway involving an overturned vehicle. crews are trying to get the vehicle out of the way. they're blocking the westbound side of east/west highway. you can expect delays there. elsewhere, 95 northbound in virginia, the hov lane has an accident in the left shoulder. live look at 95 at lorton road, a 16-minute drive from the occoquan river bridge to the beltway. eun? >> thank you. in just a few hours, students and staff will return to a new sandy hook elementary. classes will be in a nearby middle school. right now it's decked out in a winter wonderland theme. a small distraction after last month's horrific shooting. nbc's jay gray now live from monroe, connecticut, with other special touches to this new

school. good morning. >> reporter: he good morning to you. yeah, it's going to be a difficult day for a lot of families in this area. look, the new school is just about seven miles from sandy hook elementary in monroe. crews have been working for the last three weeks to try and refurbish that facility, make sure it's ready for the students and the staff this morning. part of that is bringing the equipment, all the furniture that they could from sandy hook elementary school, putting it into these new classrooms and making them look exactly like they were before the students left. and that's down to the book bags and the jackets and the exact same places they were before the shots rang out at sandy hook elementary. the idea is that's going to help these kids as hay transition back to class, help them feel that they're in a familiar place. help them feel like they can get back to some type of routine. counselors, parents, everyone in this community says it's very important for these children. today, the first major step in

that process. it's going to take some time. everyone understands that. today the focus not on the lesson plan for these teachers but, again, getting back into that routine. trying to find some sense of normalcy here. and parents are a big part of this process, as well. they will be here throughout the day and will have a special open house this afternoon at the school. >> jay gray live in monroe, connecticut, for us. thank you. a maryland task force recommends new gun laws for mentally ill people who make threats. the group says police should be able to take weapons after a specific threat if they person doesn't have a gun, that person should be blocked from buying one. maryland governor martin o'malley plans to use the report as a guide for gun-control legislation. relatives of people killed in last summer's colorado theater shooting have rejected an invitation to attend a memorial service. cinemark theaters invited family to attend an evening of remembrance at the aurora theater when it reopens january 17. relatives of nine of the 12 victims released a statement

angrily rejecting the ininvitati ininvitation. the mother of one of the victims calls it a "disgusting offer." prosecutors in colorado will outline their case against accused gunman james holmes at a preliminary hearing next week. this morning, an immigration battle has a virginia woman stranded abroad. adam ross and his wife got married six months ago. three weeks after the wedding, apena's mother in thailand got terminally ill. she left the process before finishing the process to get a green card. that kept her from returning to herndon. she's been stuck in thailand for five months now, away from her new husband. >> i haven't really seen any humanity from any of these people. they really can't imagine themselves says in my position. they're a result of very bad bureaucracy. >> ross says he reached tout elected officials who tried to intervene, but immigration officials won't budge. virginia's attorney general is trying to block the release of a death row inmate. he is set to be released today. justin wolfe is scheduled to be

released from prichbl by 5:00 this evening. he was sentenced to death for the 2001 murder of drug dealer daniel petroli in prince william county. prosecutors say he hired owen basher to kill petroli, and barber testified against wolfe in exchange for a lighter sentence. in july a judge threw out wolfe's conviction ai saying barber lloyd. the attorney general says the judge overstepped his authority and is asking an appeals court to block the release. police are searching for this man who vanished. 43-year-old frank jonathan herschel lives along southport drive in bethesda. he was last seen just before 4:00 yesterday afternoon. police say he is without his medication and they are worried for his well-being. anyone with information on this man or his whereabouts is asked to call montgomery county police. today, prince george's county police will put 125 additional officers on the streets to help the narcotics squad, the gang unit, traffic enforcement, and other special teams. the officers will focus on

certain areas as part of its transforming neighborhoods initiative. this is part of a month-long initiative to cut crimes and get guns off the streets. ahead, what john boehner says he simply is not going to do anymore. plus, a police officer fighting more than just a speed camera ticket. why he could cost the city a lot of money. a redskins fan with the ultimate surprise. the gift that has gone viral. and you're looking live now at a water main break being worked on. this is making a big mess of a major route into the district. oh!

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of the town. police say the waste the birds leave behind is a health risk. the birds can also damage buildings. starting next week, wildlife experts will try to move the vultures by setting off fireworks using lasers and noisemakers. the daily operations will begin at 4:00 p.m. and last about an hour. big, scary birds. >> yeah. i also -- we want them gone just for that reason. 6:41 now. want to look outside for you this morning. 32 frigid degrees outside our studios. even colder in some other places, right, tom? i think it's picking up the heat of somebody's hair dryer. a lot colder a few feet farther from the building. temperatures close to the building here. elsewhere, down into the 20s under a clearing sky. on this thursday morning, we are down into the low to mid 20s. not only here in northwest washington but in montgomery county, arlington, fairfax, prince george's, much of southern maryland, and the northern neck, away from the waters. the rest of northern virginia into the shenandoah valley, only

near 20 degrees as is northern montgomery county into howard and frederick, washington, western maryland, and into parts of west virginia. only in the teens. hometown forecast, burke, fairfax county, by 8:30 a.m., upper 20s. by noontime, mid 30s. and a lot of the sunshine. hour by hour, here's how we're looking throughout the day. we'll have temperatures reaching near 40 by mid-afternoon. seven high day outlook in ten minutes. eun? >> thank you. now 6:42. a traffic alert for drivers heading into northwest washington. you could see big delays along wisconsin avenue because of a water main break. we have more on that live from chevy chase. tony, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. we're already starting to see some slowing here along wisconsin avenue right by dorsett avenue. you can look behind me and see some of the traffic just getting by in one lane. we have two southbound lanes closed. if you look to the left here, you see that is the culprit. an eight-inch water main break that broke yesterday around 6:00 p.m.

the water shut off by 8:45. then they had to wait for the utility company to make sure they clear some of the gas lines that were buried under this road. i did talk to some of the workers a couple of minutes ago. they said that they're going to get the broken pipe out thereof by 11:00. they should have water back on by about noon. and then they're going to have the paving company come out and fix the road. but that won't be until about 2:00 p.m. so if you are headed down 355 on it wisconsin, then into the district, you are in for one heck of a commute this morning. this is going to cause major traffic delays as the commuting hour comes upon us here this morning. again, this water main break causing big headaches for travelers this morning. for more on traffic, we'll send it in to alexis davies in for danella. >> thank you. two southbound lanes closed between cumberland and dorsett avenue. montgomery county officials saying that little falls parkway is the best alternative to get through the area. elsewhere on the roadways, northbound 16th and east/west highway, the overturned suv has

been moved out of the roadway. lanes are open. at the beltway, we're seeing volume delays as you head down the 95 corridor and hitting the outer loop of the beltway here at new hampshire avenue. we're looking at about a 13-minute drive thome as you travel from new hampshire to -- excuse me, 95 to 270. taking a look at the rails this morning, brunswick east, 892, the marc train there, seven-minute delay, minor delay. >> thank you:new details about a body found late last night in adams-morgan. police trying to figure out if it's a young man who vanished on new year's eve. d.c. police found that body in a shaft at an apartment building on biltmore street. news4's megan mcgrath live in adams-morgan now with new information. megan? >> reporter: well, good morning. 23-year-old michael poe talked to a friend around 2:30, 2:45 on new year's day. friends say that he indicated that he was celebrating on a rooftop. now whether it was a rooftop bar, a traditional rooftop, they don't know. but late last night, there was a

grim discovery made here on biltmore street. a body found at the bottom of a light shaft at an apartment building here. now police have not released the name of the person who was found. they will only shea that that it's a man in his 20s. of course, the big question here is whether the body found here is indeed that was michael poe. now poe had come to adams-morgan on new year's eve with a group of about 20 friends. they all parted ways around 12:30 at shenanigans bar, a block from this location. what happened after that remains a mystery. his friends, his family, they were out in the adams-morgan neighborhood yesterday handing out flyers with poe's picture looking for information about exactly what happened. again, a 911 call came in last night. someone found a body at the bottom of a light shaft at this apartment building on bit more street. -- biltd more street. we're awaiting the name of the person found dead on the scene. we're expecting police to

return, look at the light shaft now -- one the sun has come up this morning. we, of course, will continue to follow the story. reporting live, megan mcgrath, news4. back to you. >> thank you. breaking news now. pakistani intelligence leaders say two u.s. drone strikes killed 13 people including a senior taliban commander. it happened in the tribal regions border pakistan. the taliban leader was reportedly among nine people killed in a missile strike on a house. he was responsible for troops in afghanistan. new this morning, the measure to prevent the devastating effects of going over the fiscal cliff now law. while you were sleeping, president obama signed the bill in hawaii where he's on vacation. the legislation raises taxes on the wealthiest americans and extends long-term unemployment benefits. it also delays billions of dollars in spending cuts for two months. the deal could save you hundreds of dollars if you use pretax nasdaq pay for your commute.

included in the hell is a provision that allows you to put aside $240 a month. the cap had been just $125 last year. according to "politico," this could provide transit riders nationwide with as much as $190 million in incentives. president obama also signed a defense bill for the coming year. that $633 billion measure boosts security at diplomatic missions around the world. that's in response to september's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. >> thank you. today lawmakers return to the hill for the start of the 113th congress. more than 90 new members will be sworn in at noon. the 2013 freshman class includes a reindeer farmer, the first hindu elected to congress, and the return of a kennedy to the capitol. the senate will have a record number of women with 20. the two sides won't have long to settle in as both parties are already gearing up for their next big fight over the debt ceiling. >> i will not have another

debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they have already racked up. >> the president thinks that he's not going to negotiate, he better think again. he's president of the united states. he's not emperor of the planet. >> the house will also vote on the speaker for the two-year session. john boehner is expected to be reelected to the position. if boehner a mains speaker, he's proposing a change. "the hill" newspaper reports he will have no more one-on-one negotiations with president obama. aides say the speaker feels burned by the president after spending weeks shuttling back and forth to the white house trying to strike a deal on the deficit. instead, boehner says he will use the majority in the house to try to push legislation through congress and put pressure on democrats in the senate. speaker boehner is moving up a vote on billions of dollars in aid for victim of superstorm sandy. a vote scheduled for tomorrow now on a measure to allocate $9 billion for the national flood insurance program. the house will vote on providing another $51 billion. democrats and republicans

criticized boehner for canceling a vote tuesday on the package. he says he didn't want the house to pass billions of dollars nature spending on the same night as it passed fiscal cliff legislation. >> america deserves better than just another example of a government that has forgotten who they are there to serve and why. 66 days and counting. shame on you. shame on congress. >> in contrast, it took congress ten days to provide more than $60 billion in aid in the wake of hurricane katrina in 2005. lawmakers approved aid for victims of hurricane eye in 12 days. police are looking for two men who robbed a u.p.s. driver at gunpoint in southeast washington. police say the robbers wore masks and forced the driver to the floor of his truck at gunpoint. the attack happened yesterday at alabama avenue and ridge road. the men stole several packages from the delivery truck. they were last seen driving off in a white cargo van. the driver was not hurt.

and police need your help finding four men in these surveillance pictures wanted for questioning in a stabbing and assault on a metro bus. one man in the group got into a fight with two women on the bus. he stabbed one and beat the other. this happened early new year's morning on a 93 bus headed toward congress heights. both women are expected to be okay. 6:50. starbucks hoping people will start bringing their own cups when they come for coffee. they're starting something new. hampton pearson with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as a matter of fact, sdux says it wants you you it reduce, reuse, and recycle. the coffee chain is rolling out $1 dollar cup in the u.s. and canada today. the company already gives customers a ten-cent discount when they bring in reusable cups for a refill. it's hoped the new cups will encourage people to increase the habit. in 2008 starbucks said it wanted to serve 25% of all drinks in

reusable cups by 2013. al jazeera is buying al gore's struggling channel, current tv. terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but analysts say it would be worth $500 million. al jazeera says it will start a new u.s. news channel that will make it available to more than 40 million household, up from just five million now. current has struggled with low viewership but is still seen in about 50 million homes. couple interesting stories to start the morning, back to you. >> we appreciate it. thanks. 6:51. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. a cold start. some places seeing 20s. that is really cold. >> for some viewers in west virginia, teens when you step out. thankfully we don't have much wind this morning. it is stone cold. unlike 2012, the final numbers are in. 3.3 degrees above average ateration national airport. that's the warmest year on record there.

also 7.3 inches drier than average. dulles airport also had the warmest year on record in 2012. right now, third day of 2013, sky clearing out. we have a half moon, and it is cold. under this partly cloudy sky now in washington, reagan national's at 30 degrees, but much of the rest of the district down into the upper 20s. it's in the mid 20s in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county, and elkins down to 1 degrees now. pittsburgh only nine degrees. and that cold air mass, hay pressure going to be over us. right now in the nearby suburbs, we'll be holding steady below freezing for another couple of hours through 8:00 a.m. and it's going to be mostly sunny, though, with that sunrise coming up at 7:27. then by noontime for your lunch hour, still cold but above freezing. low to mid 30s and a light wind with lots of sun. sunny during the afternoon with a high near 40 briefly. then back down into the 30s late afternoon and overnight tonight,

the 20s tomorrow morning, afternoon highs friday and saturday into the mid 40s with lows in the 20s. increasing clouds saturday into sunday. might get scattered flurries then. a small chance. otherwise, good weather for the skins' game. dry and cold start to next week, milder by wednesday. alexis davies, how's traffic? >> reporter: thanks, traffic is doing pretty good considering we have this major road closure here on wisconsin avenue. two southbound lanes are closed on wisconsin avenue between cumberland avenue and dorsett avenue due to a water main break. your best alternate is little falls parkway. elsewhere, 270, seeing delays as you hut out of frederick. here's a look at maryland, 109, people on the brakes starting outside of frederick. traveling elsewhere on the roadways, 95 north of the occoquan, things are flowing smoothly. on 295, we look like we've got some little bit of delays traveling inside of the beltway heading to d.c. 39 miles per hour on d.c. 295.

snarn. >> thank you. it will be easier to get into and out of the bethesda metro station this morning. new elevators are up and running. it's the first time elevators at the station have been working in seven months. next, construction to replace the station's three escalators scheduled follow early 2014. a d.c. police is raising concerns about the speed camera in the 3rd street tunnel. sergeant mark robinson is a 22-year veteran of the force. he recently got two speed tickets driving through the tunnel. he says the speed tunnel is not accurate. he says the camera is still set for the normal speed limit of 45 miles per hour. but the posted speed limit dropped to 40 miles per hour because of construction. >> i'm outraged because npd didn't do anything. >> he took the case to the dmv. they agreed there were discrepancies and the ticket should be tossed out. if that's the case, it could be the same for thousands of other

tickets, costing the district almost $2 million. rg3 and the rest of the skins will control what flag flies over the wilson building next monday. d.c. mayor vincent gray made a bet with soleil's mayor ahead of the redskins/seahawks game. the city with the winning team will get to fly its flag over city hall in the losing team's hometown. i'm going to bet you've never seen a wedding proposal like the one we're about to show you. a hublg redskins fan worked -- huge redskins fan worked the burgundy and gold into his wedding game plan. [ screams ] >> oh, my god! >> travis funkhouser proposed to his girlfriend laura on new year's eve with a redskins jersey that said "marry me" on the back. that surprise proposal came during a gift exchange with a dozen friends. right after she said, "go skins," she said yes. >> of course. that's right. what a terrific surprise. you can clearly tell everyone was surprised. all the screaming. awesome. >> that's pretty nice, yeah. let's get a last look at our

-- a meteor shower. >> that's right. you see an amazing show out in the sky tonight. the annual quadranted meteor shower is happening now. it peaked before the sunrise this morning. it will still be going on tonight. this is video of meteors caught by nasa cameras earlier this morning. the shower happens every year when the earth passes through a stream of dust created by an asteroid that may have once been a comet. you got that you will? >> yes. >> asteroid could be a comet. >> what are the odds this we could see it tonight? >> better than last night. we had clouds last night. people are wondering how long is this ding-dang cold blast of air going last? pejorative terms. it will last another three days. milder during the weekend. cold mornings into next week. a bit milder by perhaps the mid 40s to near 50 degrees on tuesday and into wednesday as we get toward the middle part of next week. a dry pattern.

now your traffic this morning. alexis davies, how's it looking? we're seeing volume building on the inner loop and the outer loop. the outer loop delays start at 95 southbound as you're coming on to the beltway. no incidents being reported. just a lot of volume. back to you. >> thank you. it's is "news4 today." thank you for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next. we're back in 25 minutes with weather & traffic on the 1s and breaking news. [ fingers tapping ]

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